A novel preparation of 1-chloro-3-methyl-3-phospholenium chlorides was developed by reacting 1-substituted-3-methyl-3-phospholene 1-oxides with oxalyl chloride. The obtained cyclic chlorophosphonium salts were reacted with LiBH4 to afford the corresponding 1-substituted-3-methyl-3-phospholene boranes. The latter protocol involves a silane-free deoxygenation, and borane complex formation. In one instance